Geoege w



(No Model') i PARCEL CARRIER' I Patented July 28 VIE I- NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE NV. THOMAS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN A. WRIGHT, OF SAME PLAGE.

PARCEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,233, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed June 1G, 1B85. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.: y

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. THOMAS, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Parcel-Carriers, of which the following is a speciication.

In the drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure I is an exterior side view of the invention. Fig. II is a front Viewr of the saine. Fig. III is a plan of Fig. I. Fig.v IV is a detail of the invention.

A is a basket, preferably formed with Wire- Work sides and a Wooden bottom, as shown.

This basket is fastened to the stationary aXle a, and is provided with a handle, b. The main wheels are denoted by B B, and they turn loosely on the axle a.

C is a pilot-Wheel supported from the bottom of the basket A. This pilot-Wheel also serves to prevent the basket tilting forward, and its backward tilting is prevented by means of a post, D, which is adapted to be elevated and depressed, as may be required, in a sleeve, I

E, secured to the rear ofthe basket. The post has a handle, c, and a pin, d, which traverses a slot, e, in the sleeve E. When the post is lowered, it may be turned by means of the handle c to bring the pin d into a branch slot, f, and the post is then locked.

When the parcel-carrier is in use, the post is raised and held by the handle c, being moved over the basket-edge. l

A second branch slot can be employed at the upper end of the slot e, if desired.

I claim las my invention- In combination With the basket A, axle a, and Wheels B B and O, the adj ustablepost D, and means to lock it, substantially as specified.

GEORGE W. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

GHAs. WV. ARNOLD, WM. L. HOWARD. 

